I don't think that converting all your outgoing messages to HTML will increase the chances of a virus outbreak. I'm guessing that 95% of the messages we send are HTML as it is, since all the rich text messages are converted to HTML on sending to the Internet. Furthermore, because of Kak, all the virus scanners now are capable of scanning message bodies for viruses encoded in the HTML.
If you're looking for an argument against HTML message branding, I think a better one will be all the email clients still out there that probably won't be able to view them correctly. -Peter -----Original Message----- From: Andy Russell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 1:16 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: partially off-topic - virus' travelling via html e-mails Peter Thanks for your reply. re. branding emails - this is a 3rd party add on to the internet mail connector that converts the email into html and adds your logo to the top of it and also adds a sidebar giving address/contact details. It ends up looking like a framed web page. It is viruses travelling in html formatting I'm particularly interested in so I'll check the kak worm out in more detail. I think it's only a matter of time before a major virus outbreak occurs caused by mass mailing of an html newsletter fetching something from the web when it's viewed. It's everyone's worst fear having a virus where the user only has to open a message to activate it rather than having to open an attachment. Let me know what you think. Thanks Andy > There have been several viruses that have tried to update themselves from internet >addresses, both websites and newsgroups. There have also been a few that have >travelled in the HTML formatting of e-mails, notably the kak worm. I don't think >there have been any that did both, however. > > What do you mean by branding emails with html conversions? > > -Peter > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Russell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 13:32 > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: partially off-topic - virus' travelling via html e-mails > > > Hi all > > I am trying to find if there is any evidence of virus' travelling via html > format emails between systems - ie. the sort of virus that goes and > fetches something off of the internet when you view the html email. There > is movement in my company to start branding emails with html conversions > but I think that with the increasing quantity of virus' around html email > will be unpopular within a year or so and everyone will go back to rich > text or plain text. Of course I could be wrong.... anyone seen any > articles about this type of risk? I'm not talking about the direct > replication of the virus in this format - more the initial infection > coming in this way rather than as an attachment which is getting rather > predictable now... > > Many thanks > > Andy Russell > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ______________________________________________ > This message is private or privileged. If you are not the > person for whom this message is intended, please delete it > and notify me immediately, and please do not copy or send > this message to anyone else. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________ This message is private or privileged. If you are not the person for whom this message is intended, please delete it and notify me immediately, and please do not copy or send this message to anyone else. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
